c. 1300, "slab or flat surface for an inscription" (especially the two Mosaic tables of stone), from Old French tablete "small table, merchant's display counter" (13c., Modern French tablette), diminutive of table "slab," or from Medieval Latin tabuleta (source also of Spanish tableta, Italian tavoletta), diminutive of Latin tabula (see table (n.)). The meaning "lozenge, pill" is first recorded 1580s; that of "pad of writing paper" in 1880.
雙語例句
1. You can also take red ginseng in convenient tablet or capsule form.
你也可以選擇便于服用的紅參片或紅參膠囊。
來自柯林斯例句
2. One tablet will purify a litre of water.
一丸即可凈化一升水。
來自《權威詞典》
3. The recommended dosage is one tablet every four hours.
規定劑量為每四小時服一片.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Take one tablet every four hours.
隔四小時服一片.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
5. A tablet commemorates his patriotic activities.